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| School completely bans mobile phones and teachers say kids' behaviour changes |
| 2019-09-27 |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #11 Put them in school uniforms (no jewelry, grooming standards) and it will erase much of the class distinctions and clique forming. Nothing erases class distinctions and clique formation. It’s just that the distinguishing markers become more subtle. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-27 17:10 |
| #10 I've always said that School should *not* be free. The parents should be required to pay something - even if it's on a sliding scale - so that they have some actual 'skin in the game'. Yes - even that welfare mother will need to pay $20/month/kid to school. When they do they might ask: "What the hell am I paying for?" which is a legitimate question all parents should ask. If the parents have to write a $300 / kid check every school year they might pay more attention to what they are paying for. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2019-09-27 14:39 |
| #9 Then get the parents to fund their children's educations. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2019-09-27 13:49 |
| #8 Hear, hear MM. I'd just add one thing - a student should study from books/computer programs with, occasional direction from a supervisor. Can't/not interested, go for vocational training via apprenticeship. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-09-27 12:35 |
| #7 Put them in cubicles or have online school at home. Use the standard approach to creating webinars, grind all the opportunity for personal soap boxing out of the content. Get rid of the barrels of fish that the school shooters like to line up on. Get rid of the teachers unions. Get rid of all the administrators. Get rid of all their pensions. And that's just for starters... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2019-09-27 11:28 |
| #6 Put them in school uniforms (no jewelry, grooming standards) and it will erase much of the class distinctions and clique forming. |
| Posted by: Grutch Cheting3238 2019-09-27 10:56 |
| #5 I wonder if these other students vote? Probably not. The under-30s have long been notoriously uninterested in that kind of thing. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-09-27 10:46 |
| #4 What did school kids do before they had cell phones? Learn? I saw one of those Fox interview on the college campus (Northridge). They asked around 5-6 students to rank five leaders from worst to best. They had Reagan, Clinton, Obama, Trump, Hitler, Zuckerberg, Stalin, etc. in the mix but only 5 at a time. One guy out of the 5-6 students knew anything about anything. It was hard to watch except for the one informed student. I wonder if these other students vote? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-09-27 08:01 |
| #3 Issue guns , anybody that comes in shooting dies. |
| Posted by: Clyde Dribble8052 2019-09-27 06:54 |
| #2 So, lets avoid shooting. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-09-27 06:38 |
| #1 Then there will be a shooting someplace and the parents go berserk trying to get ahold of their child. See Mother Bear, See School Official, See School Official run run run. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-09-27 06:35 |